CEO, PepsiCo Americas Foods
PepsiCo

John Compton is Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Americas Foods (PAF), a position he has held since November of last year. PAF has a food and snack portfolio which includes: Frito Lay North America, Quaker, Sabritas, Gamesa, PepsiCo’s Latin American food businesses, and the North American Power of One Retail Sales teams. John was previously Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo North America and prior to this, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Quaker Tropicana Gatorade. John also worked in Frito-Lay for 22 years in various sales, marketing, operations and general management assignments including Vice Chairman and President of Frito-Lay’s North American Salty Snacks Division; Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Sales. He is PepsiCo’s Executive Sponsor for the Ethnic Advisory Boards. John is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and serves on the University’s Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Pepsi Bottling Group Board of Directors. John and his wife, Cindy, reside in New Canaan, CT, with their three children, Kendall, Caroline and Jack.